Foreign workers in the U.S. on an H-1B work visa, the most sought after among Indian IT professionals, may work for more than one company, the country’s immigration agency has said.The H1B visa is a ...

The Centre on Wednesday said it has allotted over 35,000 out of 48,300 seats under India BPO promotion scheme and is likely to meet the full target in six months.
"BPOs in smaller cities and towns will be the biggest accelerator of digital empowerment," IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a conference.
The minister said as many as 35,160 seats of the 48,300 seats, that the India BPO Promotion Scheme provides, have already been allocated after the multiple rounds of bidding to 109 companies.
The scheme, which aims to promote BPO operations in smaller towns and cities, provides special incentives of up to Rs 1 lakh per seat in form of viability gap funding and disbursement of financial support is directly linked to job creation.
Of the 109 firms, which have won the bids to set up BPO, 76 units have begun operations on 13,480 seats distributed across 48 locations. This has already resulted in initial employment for 10,297 people, he pointed out.
In Karnataka, Karvy Data Management Service with 235 ...

Indian job landscape is in transitionary phase, thanks to emerging technologies and by 2022, 9 per cent of the country's 600 million estimated workforce would be deployed in new jobs that do not even exist today, says a report.
According to the ...

BS ReporterHyderabad, 13 December: Indian cab hailing company Ola has announced a strategic partnership with L&T(Hyderabad) Metro Rail Limited to provide its integrated service, including Ola Money, to the metro rail passengers.The partnership will also enable on-ground integration as commuters will be able to book a cab with the assistance of Ola representatives stationed at Ola Kiosks within the station premises."The Hyderabad Metro project will add muscle to the city's transportation infrastructure and we are proud to lend our support by integrating our various services on-line as well as on-ground. Over the last year, we have been integrating our smart mobility solutions with public utilities like railway stations, airports and metro stations,"Ola director(alliances) Saurabh Mishra said.Ola has recently partnered with Rapid Metro Gurgaon, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited to equip key metro stations with dedicated Ola Kiosks. Earlier this year, Ola announced a similar ..

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has been working to translate Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, through digital inclusion. Digital India program was launched by the Government to ensure digital service delivery to the common people as well as to create new opportunities in the digital economy. Schemes such as BPO Promotion and Common Services Centres have helped us create digital inclusion and equitable growth.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the launch of Azure Stack for the Indian market.
Azure Stack is an extension of Microsofts Azure cloud platform, and it brings the agility and fast-paced innovation of cloud computing to on-premises environments.
The company has partnered with HP, Dell, EMC, Lenovo and Cisco for hardware supply of the product, and it has started shipping the product to customers in India.
A large Azure Stack-ready partner ecosystem has been created with partners such as Netmagic, Embee and G7CR. Meant for the corporate clients, the products are available through these three companies in India.
In the financial services sector, 10 of the 12 largest banks in India use Microsoft Cloud solutions (State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, YES Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, IndusInd Bank). BankChain, a blockchain consortium of 30 banks, runs exclusively on Microsoft Azure blockchain platform.
According to the company, the partner ecosystem is critical in driving digital ...